Improved sab-irof



nitd @gn-rtw @anni JAMES DONNER, OF -RLILCHMGND, INDIANA.

Lette/rs Patent N 105,649, dated July 26, 1870; antedatefl July 15, 1870.

IMPROVED SAD-IRON.

The Schedule referred to in theseLe'ttex-a Patent and making part of the same handles; as, for inst-anse, oniy one handle is rinlnirodl for :i number of irons.

Desur-piion of the Accompanying Draw-ing. The sinne letgers refer to corresponding parts in 'the several figures.

` Figure l is n perspective view of my improved sadiron.

Figure 2 is one-half of the hinge and hcvelerl plate. 4Figure 3 is the other hall" of the hinge and beveled plaie.

Figure 4 is a, transverse vertical section of m'y smh iifoznonn in two in the middle :imi showing nslot with dove-mil sides.

Fignz'e 5 is also a. transverse vertical section, ont in tivo in the middle, and showing :i dovctiiil slot.

vFigure 6 is a. pin.

r'nm-fcl Description.

A is ihe sad-iron. .B B", clnuring iin' handles, of wood or other noxicomnctihg'g material.

C is a hinge..

D D" are platos, beveled on the outer edge of ezi'oh at The bottoni oi' the hinge. :ind to each of .vhich is secured one pnrt oi' hinge. The hinges and plates may, and should he, all cast; together in halves,

with the lmnleshnst on each plate.

E E" are ovetnileil sides in the slots I.

F F :ire handles.

G are holes to admit a. pin. i lg-.-

H is a.' pin insertedA in the holes G, by which `the hinge C is held together, and forms a joint by means of thepieces D D".

K, screws hy which the wooden covering is seeurei to the handlesll F".

I Construction..

My improved smi-iron is made of enst-iron, as iso the handles, which should he covered on the outside.,

It will he seen thnt, when the handles F F" are pnrteil, the platos D D" will close against each other, and allow the plates D D" to enter the slut I, when, byclosing ihehnnrlles F F", the beveled plates D D" will enter the (lo-retails E E", and the iron may be ozu-rien and used, :is the griping of the handles for nse issulident to hohl the plates D IB" in the Slob I i'rmly.

I lo not claim o port-able or adjustable smi-iron hrmdle, :is I am @wm-e they have heen nseii.

What ,I hiiln as my improvement in'sad-iinns is- The arrangement; of the hoodie B in two parts, and hinged ntthe center, as al; C, to She bevei-pieces f l) 5.9, in miembinnton with the szid-iron A, as shown and desoribeii. JAMES CONNE.

XVitnesses:

JAMES M. HAYs, 

